Mr. Hoyle's treatises of whist, quadrille, piquet, chess, and back-gammon [electronic resource].

Short treatise on the game of whist

[London : printed for T. Osborne, 1748]

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

[4],84,[3],100-224,[16]p. ; 12⁰.

Each treatise has a separate titlepage: 'A short treatise on the game of whist .. The eighth edition', 'A short treatise on the game of quadrille .. The second edition', 'A short treatise on the game of piquet .. To which are added, some rules and observations for .. chess. The third edition' and 'A short treatise on the game of back-gammon. The third edition'. All are dated 1748.
The collective titlepage has no imprint: imprint taken from the individual titlepages.
Text continuous despite pagination.
With an index.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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Jessel. F. A bibliography of works in English on playing cards and gaming., 800
English Short Title Catalog, T79890.

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